Solar TV
Network nameSolar TV
Network logoSolar TV Logo 2009.svg
CountryPhilippines
Broadcast commercial television networkSolar TV
AvailableDefunct
Key peopleWilson Tieng (President, Solar Entertainment)
William Tieng (Chairman, Solar Entertainment)
Willy Y. Tieng (Vice-chairman, Solar Entertainment)
Tonypet Albano (President and CEO, Radio Philippines Network)
Launch dateNovember 29, 2009 (age 16)
DissolvedFebruary 25, 2011 (age 15)
OwnerSolar Entertainment Corporation
(STVNI/Nine Media)
WebsiteSolar TV website
LanguageEnglish (main)
Filipino (secondary)
Replaced byTalk TV
ETC (channel space)
AffiliationsRadio Philippines Network

Solar TV (stylized as SOLARtv) was the flagship television network of Solar Entertainment Corporation's television arm subsidiary Solar TV Network, Inc., the precursor of Nine Media Corporation, which is the replacement of C/S 9. This was the revival of the former Solar channel Solar USA.

History

The channel launched on November 29, 2009, at 11:00am with a slogan It's A Bright New World on RPN.

On October 31, 2010, it changed some of its programming content to English/Tagalog with a new slogan Kung Saan Lahat Panalo!.

It ended its broadcast on February 25, 2011 at 1am, with the last program is Jai-Alai: The Game of a Thousand Thrills, before the channel officially closed at the 1:00AM., in 5 days after RPN shutdowns, a Solar Entertainment bought RPN and programming of ETC (now as SolarFlix) was transferred to RPN but will remain as a corporate brand of television arm subsidiary of Solar (now a subsidiary of ALC Group of Companies since August 23, 2014).

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